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Advocacy group warns proposed US Census changes could deepen inequalities in Pacific territories

November 9, 2026

By Mark Rabago of RNZ Pacific Proposed changes to the United States Census could worsen longstanding data inequalities in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and American Samoa, raising concerns about access to federal resources, disaster recovery funding, and political representation. The non-profit organisation Right to Democracy has urged the US Census

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From Lautoka to NZ parliament – the remarkable journey of Qiulae Wong

November 9, 2026

By Jale Moala Qiulae Wong may have failed to win her electorate seat in New Zealand’s general election on Saturday. Still, the Fiji-born political newcomer has achieved something that three previous leaders of her party could not — and she’s getting into Parliament anyway. She has taken the Opportunity Party across the five percent threshold